feat(helm/machine-a-tron): deploy without the setup script: pull secret, namespace label, rack-only pods - #6180
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…et, namespace label, rack-only pods
Add a podConfigured helper that treats a pods.<name> entry as configured
when it has at least one non-null rack or one non-null machine group, and
use it at every configured-pod check: activePods, certificate, configmap
(pod list and per-pod skip), deployment, pvc and service (pod list and
per-pod skip). A values file that clears an entry with `<name>: null` leaves
the key in the map, so len alone counted a pod that rendered nothing, and a
rack-only pod lost the bare [machines] table that machine-a-tron requires at
startup and failed with MissingField("machines"). The configmap drops null
racks the same way it drops null machine groups instead of dereferencing
them.
Add an optional chart-managed image-pull-secret Secret as an ordinary release
resource rather than a pre-install hook: hooks run before any release
manifest is applied, so a hook Secret would target the Namespace from
namespace.yaml before it exists. Helm's install order now creates the
Namespace, then the Secret, then the Deployments that pull with it.
Label a created Namespace nico.nvidia.com/managed=true so the nico-roots
ClusterExternalSecret from helm-prereqs syncs the site CA into it. Drop the
envFrom values that no template reads. Document the Helm-only install in the
chart README, point the deployment guide at it, and cover the new behavior
with chart tests.
Refs: dsx-ai-factory#6164
Refs: dsx-ai-factory#5651
Signed-off-by: Shayan Namaghi <snamaghi@nvidia.com>
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WalkthroughThe Helm chart now excludes null pod sections from rendered resources, preserves rack-only configuration, and creates optional image pull Secrets. It labels chart-created namespaces and updates deployment documentation, values, and Helm tests. ChangesMachine-a-tron Helm chart
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Change: Feature Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
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HelmValues->>HelmTemplates: configure imagePullSecret and namespace
HelmTemplates->>Kubernetes: create managed Namespace
HelmTemplates->>Kubernetes: create optional image-pull Secret
HelmTemplates->>Kubernetes: reference global.imagePullSecrets in workloads
Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to Use --set-file with a protected temporary file so Helm-only installation does not expose registry credentials in process listings. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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| so no setup script is required once helm-prereqs (cert-manager ClusterIssuer, | ||
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On a fresh helm-prereqs installation, the three credentials required by SiteExplorer::check_preconditions are not ready: the UEFI seeds have empty passwords and machines/bmc/site/root is absent, so setup-machine-a-tron.sh explicitly populates them in Phase 4; it also configures the Core site mode in Phase 5. Following this advertised Helm-only command therefore creates the workloads but leaves exploration failing with MissingCredentials unless those steps were performed separately. Document the required credential and Core configuration steps, or narrow the claim to Kubernetes resource deployment rather than saying no setup script is required.
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In `@helm/charts/nico-machine-a-tron/README.md`:
- Line 51: Update the Helm invocation documented near
imagePullSecret.dockerconfigjson to avoid passing registry credentials through
--set; write the Docker config content to a mode-0600 temporary file and
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| helm upgrade --install mat ./helm/charts/nico-machine-a-tron \ | ||
| --set global.namespaceOverride=nico-mat \ | ||
| --set imagePullSecret.create=true \ | ||
| --set imagePullSecret.dockerconfigjson="$(base64 < ~/.docker/config.json | tr -d '\n')" \ |
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Do not pass registry credentials through --set.
Command substitution places the Base64-encoded Docker configuration in the Helm process arguments. A local process observer can read the value during installation. Store the value in a mode-0600 temporary file and use --set-file instead.
Proposed safe invocation
+umask 077
+dockerconfigjson_file="$(mktemp)"
+trap 'rm -f "$dockerconfigjson_file"' EXIT
+base64 < ~/.docker/config.json | tr -d '\n' > "$dockerconfigjson_file"
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helm upgrade --install mat ./helm/charts/nico-machine-a-tron \
--set global.namespaceOverride=nico-mat \
--set imagePullSecret.create=true \
- --set imagePullSecret.dockerconfigjson="$(base64 < ~/.docker/config.json | tr -d '\n')" \
+ --set-file imagePullSecret.dockerconfigjson="$dockerconfigjson_file" \
--set 'global.imagePullSecrets[0].name=image-pull-secret' \
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In `@helm/charts/nico-machine-a-tron/README.md` at line 51, Update the Helm
invocation documented near imagePullSecret.dockerconfigjson to avoid passing
registry credentials through --set; write the Docker config content to a
mode-0600 temporary file and reference that file with --set-file, ensuring the
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Without setup-machine-a-tron.sh nothing created the pull Secret or namespace label, and a rack-only pod with rack-machines: null failed with MissingField("machines"). A podConfigured helper ignores null racks and groups at every configured-pod check, so rack-only pods get the bare [machines] table and fully nulled pods render nothing. The chart can create image-pull-secret after the Namespace, labels a created namespace nico.nvidia.com/managed=true for the nico-roots sync, and documents the Helm-only path.
Related issues
Refs #6164, Refs #5651
Type of Change
Breaking Changes
Testing
helm lint . and helm unittest . in helm/charts/nico-machine-a-tron pass (40 tests); verified end to end on dev6 run R18 (250 simulated racks).
Additional Notes
Also drops the unread envFrom values.